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Regency Hot Spots: Wigley’s Royal Promenade Rooms

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                      The Picture of London, for 1804, Etc The Picture of London for 1820 Wigley’s Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Activities for September

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The Original Picture of London, Enlarged and Improved, 1826 For more on the Bartholomew Fair, check out this post.  For more on Drury Lane Theatre, Continue →

Regency Science and Invention: Paris and the Modern Rollercoaster

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Although a wheeled roller coaster called the Switchback is said to exist as early as the 1600s in Russia, Paris is often said to be the birthplace Continue →